Description
Book SynopsisA history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present
Trade Review"Beautifully written, thoughtful, important . . . Francis's book illustrates the dangers of this scholarly approach [racial art] by highlighting that Johnson, Kuniyoshi, and Weber were not marginal artists in the formation of American modernism but significant figures in its definition and development. Highly recommended."
* Choice *
"A very interesting, academic book."
-- Andrea Kirsh * The Art Blog *
"There is a theoretical framework to this study, that grows out of the author’s interest in both multiculturalism and race theory, and she does a masterful job in exploring the work of the three artists through a variety of lenses."
-- David M. Sokol * Journal of American Culture *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Illustrations
1. Introduction
2. The Meaning of Modernism
3. Making Race in American Religious Painting
4. Type/Face/Mask: Racial Portraiture
5. The Race of Landscape
6. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
